Morphospace
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Morphospace is a noun meaning (biology) A graphical representation of all the morphologies an organism could or does have, each point of which represents an individual shape.
Meaning
(biology) A graphical representation of all the morphologies an organism could or does have, each point of which represents an individual shape.
Example Sentences
Spirals, soap films within wire forms compared to planktonic shapes, and the morpho-space shared by the skulls of chimp, baboon and human
Word Forms
- morphospaces
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phylomorphospace, morphome, morphotype, morphomics, morphoform, ecomorphospace.
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